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Polarization effects in antiresonant hollow core optical fibres

Supervisory team. Professor Austin Taranta, Dr. Gianluca Guerra and Dr Gregor Jaison. About the project. Dive into the mysterious world of polarization in antiresonant hollow core fibres, where conventional wisdom is turned on its head, and unexpected phenomena emerge every day. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Taranta
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advancing predictive models for battery interfaces through quantum and AI-driven atomistic simulations

Supervisory team. Professor Chris Skylaris. Help shape the future of energy storage by developing predictive models of battery interfaces. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C K Skylaris
 31 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hyperuniform disordered metasurfaces for solar-thermal energy conversion

Supervisory team. Professor Marian Florescu. Harnessing structural disorder to control light offers a new route to highly efficient solar-thermal energy conversion. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Florescu
 26 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Electrifying Chemical Reactors for Net Zero: Flow, Heat and Particle Dynamics in Next-Generation Reactors

Supervisory team. Dr Nader Karimi and Dr Temistocle Grenga. About the project. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Karimi
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Geometric diodes for RF energy harvesting and integrated circuits

Supervisory team. Professor Kees De Groot. Geometric diodes are electronic components with a non-linear current-voltage characteristics which is caused by an asymmetric geometric restriction. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K De Groot
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Bath Engineering & Design Studentships: Robust Control of Magnetically Levitated Wind Turbines

This project is one of a number in competition for a studentship from the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Bath. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AJB Justi Bertolin, Prof P Keogh
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deciphering the Formation, Emplacement, and Ore-Forming Processes of the Rogaland Anorthosite Complex, Norway VUKMANOVIC_UEA_ARIES27

Scientific background. Anorthosites represent one of the most unique and widely debated rock formations in Earth's crust. They are characterised by their almost monomineralic plagioclase composition, making them unusual among intrusive bodies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z V Vukmanovic
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The Attentive Ear: AI to Decode Listening Fatigue from Wearables

Supervisory team. Stefan Bleeck and Christoph Tremmel. About the project. Listening in noisy environments is mentally exhausting, but human physiological responses move at fundamentally different speeds. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Bleeck
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Circular lifecycle knowledge for aerospace titanium

Supervisory team. Professor Bo Chen, Dr Benjamin Cameron, and Dr Andrew Hamilton. Can high-value titanium waste become aerospace-grade feedstock again? This project will develop a traceable pathway from titanium scrap to requalified feedstock using advanced powder metallurgy, materials passports and lifecycle data. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Chen
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advances in Cognitive Robotics: Image Processing, Tactile Sensing, and Hyperspectral Systems

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems
OPEN TO HOME AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. The cognitive robotics team applies cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced machine perception to solve critical operational challenges across modern manufacturing, robotics, and agri-food sectors. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Kerr
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Bath Engineering & Design Studentships: Passive Flow Rectification for Hydrogen and Energy Systems

This project is one of a number in competition for a studentship from the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Bath. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Sell
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Future-proofing the environment: evaluating the environmental impacts of next-generation plastics. TOLHURST_UEA_ARIES27

Scientific background. Increasing production, low recycling rates (below 10%), and single-use packaging are driving a global crisis in plastic pollution, with millions of tonnes of plastic accumulating in ecosystems each year. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Tolhurst
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Adaptive collective decision-making in robot swarms

Supervisory team. Dr Mohammad Soorati. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Soorati
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hydroelasticity of floating platforms for tidal turbines

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 Supervisors: Dr A A-G Arrendondo-Galeana, Dr Z Y Yuan
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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The cycling of climate-active sulfur compounds by major crops TODD_UEA_ARIES27

Scientific background. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) is known as a marine anti-stress compound made by algae and bacteria. It has key roles in global nutrient and sulfur cycling, signalling, and microbial DMSP catabolism releases climate-active gases (CAG), notably dimethylsulfide (DMS). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Todd
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)